So you want to run an auction fundraiser or have run one but are wondering can we do more with the event to REALLY increase the final donation amount? In this webinar we will focus on maximizing the Silent & Live Auctions (in-person auction event).

Here is the agenda:

Practical advice and best practices to boost the final income- tips you can implement immediately

How are nonprofit professionals just like you jumpstarting their week with purpose? Motivate Monday’s guest list reads like a “Who’s Who” of the nonprofit sector, with participants ranging from Ken Burnett to Tom Ahern to Gail Perry to John Haydon to Kivi Leroux Miller to Jay Love to Joan Garry…and YOU.

With great landing pages, your donors, volunteers and supporters are 10 times more likely to donate, sign up, register or engage with your nonprofit. In this session, we will share real-world examples of landing pages that every nonprofit should have and what we have learned from studying the best practices of hundreds of nonprofits, including:

More and more volunteers are looking to get involved and make a difference in a single day of service. The political and social climate is further emphasizing this trend. How do you create meaningful work that can be completed in a single day by a large group of diverse volunteers? This webinar will walk you through the first steps for incorporating single days of service into your program, and help you begin to think more creatively about volunteer engagement.

So you want to run an auction fundraiser or have run one but are wondering can we do more with the event to REALLY increase the final donation amount? In this webinar we will focus on maximizing the Silent & Live Auctions (in-person auction event).

Here is the agenda:

Practical advice and best practices to boost the final income- tips you can implement immediately

In this webinar, Andrea Mitchell from Enkel Backoffice Solutions will discuss financial best practices for nonprofits, with a focus on how organizations can simplify their year-end process. Participants will learn the accounting fundamentals that nonprofits need to know, as well as details on tools and processes that can help to streamline your back-end processes.

During this webinar, you will receive insight into:

Does my organization need a Notice to Reader, Review Engagement, or Audit?

New to volunteer management? Looking for a refresher on the basics? This webinar will walk you through the three primary Rs - recruitment, retention and recognition. We'll discuss the most popular program components such as interviews, orientations, volunteer handbooks, and more. And, we'll talk about the importance of managing risk for your program and your organization. All attendees will also receive a sample packet with examples of program documents and program assessment checklists to help you evaluate your existing program.

How long will it take to for your organization to meet its mission, declare victory, and go out of business? Some nonprofits can envision success in a decade or two; others will continue for centuries. Will you be around for the victory party? If you’re not training the next generation of leaders, who will carry on?

In this workshop, we’ll discuss:

How organizations grow and change over time – and how leadership needs change as nonprofits grow

These days it can feel like you’re drowning in the sea of non-profit competition. Competition to get attention. Competition for donor dollars. Competition for awareness. And it’s exhausting to feel like you’re constantly competing.

Rather than continue to compete, let’s talk about how your non-profit can differentiate itself. Join me for our next FREE webinar where you’ll learn how translate your organization’s strengthens and differences into stories that stand out.

During this webinar you’ll learn:

Why it’s time to shift your mindset away from competing and what to do instead

How to identify what makes your organization different

Tips to captivate the hearts and minds of your audience through stories

Can't make the live webinar? The recording will be available to everyone who registers.

How are nonprofit professionals just like you jumpstarting their week with purpose? Motivate Monday’s guest list reads like a “Who’s Who” of the nonprofit sector, with participants ranging from Ken Burnett to Tom Ahern to Gail Perry to John Haydon to Kivi Leroux Miller to Jay Love to Joan Garry…and YOU.

Customized for small nonprofits on a limited budget, this webinar will highlight current trends in online fundraising. Online donations make up an average of 7-10% of a nonprofit’s annual budget, but that number will grow rapidly in the coming years. It’s crucial that your nonprofit knows the basics of a successful online fundraising campaign and has knowledge of emerging online fundraising trends in order to prepare for the future.

Marketing has become a complex field, with evolving technologies, fast-paced processes, and data that must be analyzed, interpreted, and shared so you can continuously optimize those processes for better results. Teams are looking to Marketing Operations to transform the way they’re working, while at the same time, the very nature of marketing work strategically changes. But when teams are using disconnected technology, workflows and processes, and are languishing in silos, it can be a struggle to get a handle on day-to-day tasks, much less optimizing and streamlining how work gets done.

In this webinar, Workfront will discuss three methods proven to help you master modern marketing work, and recommend the best ways to break out of silos that can slowly kill your marketing team’s effectiveness and ability to execute. In addition, you’ll learn:

How best to change the way you’re working to innovate

How to focus on automating process and improving the status quo

How to start seeing immediate benefits by focusing on three simple things

Let’s explore the crucial connection between your annual fundraising program and your legacy program. We’ll share successful case studies and examples of #donorlove in action from Canada and around the world. You’ll learn how to find and share amazing stories that resonate with values and emotions and that will inspire your donors at every vital stage in your relationship.

You’ll leave with ideas you can implement tomorrow and strategies you can build into your brightest fundraising future! Takeaways will include insight into:

How long do volunteers usually stay with your program? Do you struggle with keeping them interested, involved and engaged? This webinar will help you think about new strategies and help you evolve your program to include new roles and responsibilities for volunteers, pathways for more involvement and leadership positions in your program, how recognition plays a role in retention, and the importance of including continuing education and professional development to keep your volunteers engaged. Tools to help you evaluate your program implement new ideas will be provided.

You wear many hats at your organization, and your job is always evolving. That’s why you need to be as efficient as possible in everything you do. Pave the path to better fundraising today.

Hear from thought leader Joe Garecht as he discusses how to kickstart your fundraising efforts and grow your programs this year! Each month, you’ll get new strategies and tips to help you get inspired and move your mission forward.

Have you heard of Google’s Ad Grant program, where they give $10,000 a month in free advertising to nonprofits?

Join us for a crash course on how Google Ad Grants can benefit your nonprofit by bringing thousands of new visitors to your website every month.

Presenter Jason Jensen, a Google Ads Certified Consultant, will also cover how to get started, what’s necessary to be successful, and a special offer for The Digital Nonprofit’s Ad Grants management service.

If you attend, you’ll learn:

What Google Ad Grants is

How Google Ads works

How Google Ads can benefit your nonprofit

Real examples of how other nonprofits used it effectively

How to get started successfully

The costs & benefits of hiring someone to manage your grant

We’ll also include an extra long Q&A portion so no question goes unanswered.

If you’ve ever wished for a silver bullet to reach thousands of supporters, grow your email list, or attract more donors, this webinar is for you!

One of the biggest trends in 2019 will continue to be automated multi-channel marketing. Marketers have become accustomed to integrating their online efforts, but integrating with offline tactics like print will become the norm. It’s the art of taking creative marketing ideas, building them into data-driven, multi-channel marketing campaigns and launching them in one integrated platform.

Lots of new and growing organizations are ready to start asking for online donations. Staff and leadership know they need to move beyond a passive strategy with a ‘Donate’ button to strategic goals that include growing their base, engaging the audience, and raising support across digital channels. But to ensure long term success, and speed up the ROI, there are activities that need to happen before the first campaign is launched.

For a twist on the usual advice, join Danielle Johnson-Vermenton to learn what your organization needs to do before launching a digital fundraising and marketing program. She will explain the ‘why’ of each component, for example, why does an organization need a SOP for acknowledging and stewarding donations, and what’s needed in your CRM and online solution and why.

Come for the practical advice and leave with a list of action steps that you can implement to prepare your organization for a successful digital fundraising program.

Learning objectives:

Identify and explain what components are needed to prepare for a digital fundraising program

Evaluate your organization’s readiness for launching a digital fundraising program

Formulate a plan that will build your organization’s capacity to successfully launch a digital program

Have you heard of Google’s Ad Grant program, where they give $10,000 a month in free advertising to nonprofits?

Join us for a crash course on how Google Ad Grants can benefit your nonprofit by bringing thousands of new visitors to your website every month.

Presenter Jason Jensen, a Google Ads Certified Consultant, will also cover how to get started, what’s necessary to be successful, and a special offer for The Digital Nonprofit’s Ad Grants management service.

If you attend, you’ll learn:

What Google Ad Grants is

How Google Ads works

How Google Ads can benefit your nonprofit

Real examples of how other nonprofits used it effectively

How to get started successfully

The costs & benefits of hiring someone to manage your grant

We’ll also include an extra long Q&A portion so no question goes unanswered.

If you’ve ever wished for a silver bullet to reach thousands of supporters, grow your email list, or attract more donors, this webinar is for you!

Millennials are currently the largest generation in the workforce, with generation Z earning their degrees and entering the job market hot on their heels. With for-profit companies and organizations of all sizes clamoring for a record low number of available workers, small and medium size nonprofits need to know how they can compete. Armed with insights into key areas of opportunity, mission-driven organizations can not only stand shoulder-to-shoulder with larger and for-profit organizations but also even excel in attracting the next generation of discerning workers!

Join us for an interactive webinar with Linda Santinoceto, National Vice President, Nonprofit, for TriNet and Dina Rulli, Vice President, People Operations, at Classy. Drawing upon Linda and Dina’s real-world experience of helping to grow sustainable, purpose-driven organizations that engages employees of multiple generations, attendees will leave the webinar with more information on:

How their mission can serve their recruitment efforts

How nonprofit organizations can stand apart from the competition—without breaking the bank—to make their company attractive to multiple generations, including millennials and generation Z

This free webinar will provide you with an overview of how even small nonprofits can begin doing major gift fundraising. Register today!

If you wish you could be raising big gifts for your organization but you don’t know where to start, then this webinar is for you! Join us to learn 7 basic steps for connecting your organization to individuals with the capacity to make a significant gift.

In this free nonprofit webinar, you will learn:

How to define a major gift for your organization

What 5 elements to have in place before starting a major gifts program

What your fundraising goal tells you about prospects

How to find major gift prospects to support your mission

How to build donor relationships that lead to big gifts

What you must do when planning a successful Ask visit

The best ways to thank your donors so they keep on giving

This free webinar will provide you with an overview of how even small nonprofits can begin doing major gift fundraising. Register today!

Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, CFRE, for a workshop focused on fundraising innovation. The session will explain the need for innovation in any fundraising program, review four case studies of big fundraising risks that paid off and then provide a framework for adding innovation to your development program.

Popular CharityVillage webinar presenter Gordon Holley, from Humanity Financial, returns with another free finance webinar - this time focusing on the role of the treasurer. Specifically speaking to small to mid-sized charities, Gordon will introduce you to where and how to find awesome treasurers, outline what ideal qualities you should look for in treasurer candidates, and will suggest training materials for those interested in or currently serving on a board of directors.

By the end of this webinar, you will learn:

Standard financial governance roles and responsibilities for boards of charities and not-for-profit organizations

Standard financial positions and responsibilities in charities and not-for-profit organizations, including the treasurer

Integrating skilled volunteers into your existing volunteer program is both exciting and scary. If you're thinking about adding skilled volunteers to your program, or if you've just started, this seminar can help you make the experience successful for both the volunteer and the organization. Navigating the introduction of the idea into your organization, developing the art of delegating work to volunteers, and setting achievable outcomes will be covered.

Do you know what most super successful events have in common? It’s their rock star event committees!

It’s a fact - committees can help with almost every aspect of fundraising events, including getting auction donations, soliciting sponsorships and selling tickets. What’s not to love about a group of volunteers working as a team to make sure your organization’s event is profitable!?!

This free 60-minute webinar will take you through the process of identifying candidates for your chair position, discuss how to recruit committee members, and show you how to effectively manage your team and maximize the resources they bring to your event.

In this 60-minute FREE webinar you’ll learn…

The Queen Bee Theory of Event Committees

How your event committee is similar to a Bee Hive

How to identify and recruit effective committees

How to find and properly recruit your Queen Bees

How to identify and recruit your Worker Bees

How to turn your committee into a team

How to Be an Effective Committee Leader

How to use Organization, Communication & Appreciation for effective leadership

How efficiently run your committee meetings

How to use the right words when the wrong ideas pop up

How to Find the Hidden Assets in Your Committee

How to help committee members identify assets they can bring to your event

How are nonprofit professionals just like you jumpstarting their week with purpose? Motivate Monday’s guest list reads like a “Who’s Who” of the nonprofit sector, with participants ranging from Ken Burnett to Tom Ahern to Gail Perry to John Haydon to Kivi Leroux Miller to Jay Love to Joan Garry…and YOU.

The rise in popularity of social media channels over the past decade has fundamentally changed how we connect with one another, how we discover news, and how we consume and share information that matters.

Now, it's easier than ever before to maintain relationships, to watch your loved ones celebrate milestones, and to advocate and rally around the causes about which you care deeply.

So how has this monumental shift in communications affected our role as fundraisers and nonprofit leaders? How can we leverage the power and potential of social media to not only “connect”, but also to actively raise funds for our causes and to cultivate relationships with our donors?

In this 45-minute webinar, social media marketing expert Julia Campbell will dive into these important questions and you will learn how you can effectively leverage social media for fundraising and new donor acquisition for your nonprofit. You will also hear about best practices in the sector and specific tips on measuring the ROI of social media for your nonprofit.

During this Free Live Nonprofit Webinar we will cover:

The ways in which social media has dramatically changed nonprofit fundraising

Rebranding can include changing assets, reshaping culture, and building buy-in. Doing it well involves getting the right people involved, getting real about what it will take, and super effective project management.

This webinar will map out how to plan and manage rebranding so yours has the best chance of success. We'll talk about essential roles, timing, and more.

Most nonprofits that have tried to blog have failed miserably. In this session, we will share the collective wisdom we’ve gleaned from dozens of nonprofit organizations that have stumbled upon the magic formula for becoming thought leaders in their community.

Much has been written about the growing importance of managing uncertainty to protect and enhance organizational value. Some will wonder, however, what managing the downside and upside of risk or uncertainty looks like. Others may wonder what the process and role of a risk management practitioner entails, and some will ponder over the key steps needed to shift from theory to practice. Monica Merrifield is an internationally recognized strategic risk executive who will share practical approaches, techniques and tools to build risk management capabilities in your organization. Join us for this timely session to gain insights on how to navigate uncertainty with success, while achieving the impact we desire for our communities.

There is more power and leverage in one email subscriber than 100 Facebook likes or 50 Twitter followers if email marketing is done right. Problem is, 9 out of 10 nonprofits don’t do it right. In this educational session, Jay will share the secrets of email marketing geniuses, including:

How are nonprofit professionals just like you jumpstarting their week with purpose? Motivate Monday’s guest list reads like a “Who’s Who” of the nonprofit sector, with participants ranging from Ken Burnett to Tom Ahern to Gail Perry to John Haydon to Kivi Leroux Miller to Jay Love to Joan Garry…and YOU.

We often hear about concepts like the fundraising pyramid, donor prospecting, or the funnel approach to donor cultivation. But do these philosophical beliefs match up with reality? Join Steve MacLaughlin, vice president of data and analytics at Blackbaud and bestselling author of Data Driven Nonprofits, as he explores if what we think we know about fundraising is really true. This session will explore some of the most common myths about fundraising and how nonprofits can adjust to the new normal in giving.

A good position description can make the recruitment and placement of volunteers so much easier, but this foundation component of a program is often overlooked or put into a folder and never used. This webinar will start with the basics of what should be included in a position description and will help you create or update position descriptions for all of your volunteer opportunities. Once those position descriptions are created – use them! Learn how accurate and up-to-date position descriptions can help you recruit and train volunteers, and how they can help with retention and the development of leadership positions within your volunteer engagement program.

Too often, the fire that fuels those of us working in the social sector ends up becoming the fire that burns us out. Across the nonprofit world, organizations are perpetuating unhealthy work cultures, getting mired in conflict and divisions, and struggling to respond to systemic issues proactively instead of reactively. Nonprofit staff often end up feeling anxiety and hopelessness, working ineffectively in their teams, and traveling on the path to burnout. This live, online training will enable you to cultivate resilience-based practices in your own lives and in your organizations, to create a culture of sustainable activism. In the session, you will be guided through an assessment of your individual, team, and organizational resilience. You will learn how to develop effective methods of self and collective care, understand how stress and trauma impact individuals and teams, and learn strategies to cultivate stronger team communication to address conflicts and resolve tensions.

Upon completion of this webinar, you will be able to:

Identify and address the causes and impacts of stress and burnout for yourself and your organization

Evaluate your communication and conflict styles

Explain how team dynamics are affected by stress

Assess areas in which you and your organization can implement more resilient practices and select the relevant practices to apply

Launch a successful website redesign project by incorporating the features and strategies that will make the most difference for your nonprofit website in 2019. In this training, you’ll learn about 10 important strategies, along with explanations and examples of each, that you can and should include in your next website. Bring your questions to this interactive training session taught by nonprofit website expert Yesenia Sotelo.

This training is especially created for nonprofit communications, fundraising and executive professionals who are planning a website redesign project within the next 12 months. The materials are appropriate for organizations of any size, focus area, website budget and technology capacity.

Your volunteer engagement program can be measured by more than just the hours a volunteer gives your organization. What other kinds of information should you keep track of, and how do you know if you're doing a good job with your volunteer engagement program? This webinar will help you think through both the quantitative and qualitative information you can use to evaluate your program.

Much has been written about the growing importance of managing uncertainty to protect and enhance organizational value. Some will wonder, however, what managing the downside and upside of risk or uncertainty looks like. Others may wonder what the process and role of a risk management practitioner entails, and some will ponder over the key steps needed to shift from theory to practice. Monica Merrifield is an internationally recognized strategic risk executive who will share practical approaches, techniques and tools to build risk management capabilities in your organization. Join us for this timely session to gain insights on how to navigate uncertainty with success, while achieving the impact we desire for our communities.

By attending this webinar, you will:

Obtain a deeper understanding of risk and opportunity, and why actively managing uncertainty matters more today.

Learn what managing risk and embedding risk thinking means for social sector leaders.

Gain insights that will help you navigate the upside and downside with success in your organization.

Does your organization have an effective leadership transition plan in place? Are your newly elected leaders prepared to handle important tax compliance needs? In this webinar, you will get expert tips on how organizations maintain their tax-exempt status. Please note that this webinar uses US tax forms

Many organizations consider a Capital Campaign, but don’t know where to begin. This free, 45 minute webinar hosted by Diane M. Carlson, Chairman of Catapult Fundraising, will discuss what to do and where to begin when planning for your Capital Campaign.

This webinar will discuss the importance of a feasibility study, setting an appropriate Campaign dollar goal, building a gift chart, and determining a Campaign timeline that will work best for your institution.

Has your organization ever looked at outsourcing all or a portion of its accounting? If not, it is because you’re not sure how the organization would benefit from this decision. Since it is not a common practice for nonprofits to outsource its accounting, we will discuss the process and discuss the overlooked benefits of outsourcing your Nonprofit Accounting.

In the nonprofit community, outsourcing typically means long-term delegation of key operation to outside experts. The accompanying expectation is improvement of the quality, strengthening effectiveness, and lowering or controlling costs.

A key difference in the nonprofit sector is not only controlling costs, but becoming a more effective organization.

Outsourcing accounting provides nonprofit organizations with a team of experts who have multiple client experiences which benefits its clients and the nonprofit organization’s it serves.

We will review six overlooked, and sometimes unknown, benefits of outsourcing nonprofit accounting.

This webinar will help Executive Directors, Finance Directors, and finance staff to develop and use a financial policies and procedures manual. Savvy nonprofit leaders know that effective financial policies and procedures that lead to effective processes can be the difference between go.

You’re at the table – now what? Learn to participate in board meetings and other engagements with more confidence and knowledge about your role as a board member. We’ll cover board responsibilities and how you can be a strong resource for a nonprofit organization.